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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice

The Resume

    (March 15, 1933-September 18, 2020)
    Birth name is Joan Ruth Bader
    Appointed Associate Supreme Court Justice by Bill Clinton (August 10, 1993)
    Attended Harvard Law School & graduated from Columbia Law School with LL.B.
    Inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame (2002)

Why she might be annoying:

    She is criticized by conservatives for trying to push her 'liberal' agenda on the Supreme Court.
    She is viewed as an enemy figure by the pro-life movement.
    Pat Robertson encouraged people to pray for her removal from the Supreme Court.
    She angers feminists by sometimes voicing conservative views in her opinions.
    She served on the ACLU's General Counsel & Board of Directors (1973-80).
    Her childhood nickname was 'Kiki.'
    She was a member of the twirling squad in high school.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her mother died one day prior to her high school graduation.
    She worked toward ending institutionalized discrimination against women.
    She is a self-described 'women's and men's rights pioneer.'
    She graduated at the top of her undergraduate class from Cornell University (1954).
    She was the first tenured female professor at Columbia Law School.
    As a professor, she won 5 of 6 women's rights cases she argued before the Supreme Court.
    She overcame gender discrimination by male colleagues to become a Supreme Court Justice.
    She is pro choice.
    She is the second female appointed a Supreme Court Justice.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 378 Votes: 36.51% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 534 Votes: 60.49% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1040 Votes: 58.75% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 1020 Votes: 55.49% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 848 Votes: 55.78% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1027 Votes: 49.37% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 486 Votes: 52.06% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 447 Votes: 52.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 94 Votes: 61.70% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 107 Votes: 46.73% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 378 Votes: 46.30% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 643 Votes: 53.34% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 807 Votes: 45.85% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1067 Votes: 64.39% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1949 Votes: 75.53% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1433 Votes: 67.34% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 151 Votes: 43.71% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 247 Votes: 50.61% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 411 Votes: 49.88% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 607 Votes: 49.26% Annoying